#given

--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Peter had an arm around me. "Let it go, Kade," he was whispering very gently, though his arm was nearly crushing me. "Open your fists," he said, "and let go of the coals. ↗

— David James Duncan

#forgiveness #letting-go #forgiveness

Few suffer more than those who refuse to forgive themselves. ↗

— Mike Norton

#forgiveness #suffer #suffering #forgiveness

At the door he turned and looked back. She stood, facing away from him, the sunlight from the window enshrouding her in an unmerited halo of gold. Perhaps, he thought, that was how God saw all His children. Selfish and fallen, yes. But in the forgiving light of His Son, each wore an unmerited halo ↗

— Julie Klassen

#forgiveness

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face. ↗

— Ryan Winfield

#forgiving #pain #forgiveness

There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#mistakes #forgiveness

أسأل : إذا كانت الظروف القاسية هي التي تجعل الناس قساة القلوب ، و اذا كان النجاح هو الذي يلينها و يجعلها غاية في التسامح ؟! ↗

— حنان الشيخ

#forgiveness

Deep down inside, each of us knows what our truths are. It is forgivable to lose them...It is unforgivable not to reclaim them. ↗

— Holli Kenley

#healing #recovery #truths #forgiveness

And without forgiveness, there is never any peace. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#morganville-vampires #peace #forgiveness

Teach every child you meet the importance of forgiveness. It's our only hope of surviving their wrath once they realize just how badly we've screwed things up for them. ↗

— Justin Sewell

#demotivators #forgiveness

Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden. ↗

— Donna Goddard

#compassionate-love #forgiveness #love #forgiveness